How much does life weigh? It sounds like a strange question, but to biologists it makes all the sense in the world. Yeast cells tip the scales at about 100 picograms each. A single E. coli bacterium ...

Located in China, Juno is a 17-country collaboration that will try to detect neutrinos and antineutrinos to learn more about ...

The molecular hydrogen ion H₂⁺ is the simplest molecule. This simplicity makes it a perfect study object for physicists, as its properties—for example, its energy levels—can be calculated precisely.

What is the meaning of life? Even the best of us couldn't hope to answer that question in a Universe Today article. But there ...

The LUX-ZEPLIN detector is breaking new ground in the hunt for dark matter, setting unprecedented limits on WIMP particles.

By Mackenzie Devereux The Standard Model, depicting the fundamental building blocks of the universe, including top quarks. Courtesy of Cush via Wikimedia Commons Sitong An, a physicist at Carnegie ...

New research suggests that there is a 90% chance that within the next decade, humanity could use a space or Earth-based ...